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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Leading note
Ensemble
Accelerando
Nocturne
2. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Forte
Duet
Polyphony
Fugue
3. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Exposition
EnharmonicInterval
Sextet
Accelerando
4. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Partita
Parody
Tonality
Opus
5. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Pitch
Recital
Interpretation
Orchestra
6. Singing or chanting in unison without strict rhythm. Collected during the Reign of Pope Gregory VIII for psalms and other other parts of the church service.
Pitch
Quintet
Gregorian Chant
Nocturne
7. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Canon
Obbligato
Part
Exposition
8. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Madrigal
Deceptive cadence
Libretto
Chant
9. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Rhythm
Gavotte
Nonet
Glee
10. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Leading note
Whole note
Clef
Musette
11. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Time Signature
Mezzo
Opus
Coda
12. A repeated phrase.
Coda
Fifth
Ostinato
Pitch
13. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Chorale
Allegro
Refrain
Portamento
14. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Recapitulation
Virtuoso
Castrato
Pitch
15. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Falsetto
Cavatina
Neoclassical
Energico
16. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Grazioso
Octave
Chamber music
Monotone
17. A separate section of a larger composition.
Dissonance
Movement
Symphony
Cadenza
18. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Pitch
Relative pitch
Tempo
Obbligato
19. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Quintet
Chromatic scale
Quartet
Classicism
20. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. The music was spare and emotionally reserved - especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music.
Harmony
Flat
Chant
Classical
21. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Opera
Intermezzo
Modulation
A cappella
22. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
Dissonance
Operetta
Clavier
Ligature
23. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Duet
Carol
Hymn
Key
24. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Accessible
Dynamics
Cavatina
Sonata form
25. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Fermata
Tutti
Grazioso
Madrigal
26. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Interlude
Glissando
Scordatura
Sequence
27. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Sonata form
Tessitura
Round
Modes
28. Pertains to tone or tones.
Parody
Polyphony
Dissonance
Tonal
29. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Cadence
Trio
Interlude
Encore
30. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Treble
Duet
Rococo
Maestro
31. A string of chords played in succession.
Portamento
A cappella
Libretto
Chord progression
32. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Vivace
Unison
Ornaments
Quartet
33. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Triplet
Drone
Septet
Sextet
34. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Minor
Chord progression
Trio
Choir
35. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Concert master
Chord
Beat
Recital
36. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Interpretation
String Quartet
Instrumentation
Whole note
37. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Atonal
Ricercar
Slur
Carol
38. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Ligature
Dissonance
Development
Pitch
39. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Sharp
Finale
Fermata
Libretto
40. A separate section of a larger composition.
Ostinato
Rigaudon
Leading note
Movement
41. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Whole note
System
Relative major and minor
Tremolo
42. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Renaissance
Homophony
Treble
Voice
43. A direction to play expressively.
Espressivo
Leading note
Triplet
Pitch
44. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
Ricercar
Encore
Phrase
Sonata form
45. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Tessitura
Scale
Renaissance
Expressionism
46. A group singing in unison.
Dynamics
Development
Chorus
Intonation
47. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Glee
Quartet
Counterpoint
Sharp
48. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Requiem
Pentatonic Scale
Maestro
Legato
49. A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional - expressive - and imaginative style.
Octet
Romantic
Unison
Duet
50. A direction to play expressively.
Staff
Espressivo
Sextet
Unison
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